Applicability of service tax on STD,PCO,FAX facility

[Guest]

we are providing STD,PCO,FAX facility to our customer? Should we charge service tax from them for services provided by us?

[Guest]

No. You should not charge any service tax from the customer.

[Madhukar N Hiregange]

You are not a telegraph authority and the receiver of the servcie is not a subsriber and therefore as on date you are not required to charge any ST.

AI Summary

Service tax on telecom services: providers not acting as telegraph authorities need not levy tax when users are not subscribers. Applicability of service tax to STD, PCO and fax facilities depends on provider and recipient classification; if the provider is not a telegraph authority and the receiver is not a subscriber, receipts from those services are not taxable as telecommunication services for service tax purposes.